But no one is obliged to go out and vote for one - and in so doing confer upon the process - and the winner - some democratic legitimacy.

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We have national parks to provide access to these kinds of areas, but that does mean that people will effectively go for a walk in the park without perhaps doing the preparation work, getting kitted up, learning the necessary skills.

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The idea of doing a dirty Lassie movie is wittier than its execution in this go-for-the-gonads sci-fi flick about a huge guard dog named Max who becomes ultra-possessive of a feckless TV reporter (Ally Sheedy) after she springs him from an animal-experimentation lab.

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Just the idea of being there for 9 hours, doing all of that, so I didn't go in.

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On bad days, running away was what we talked about doing, as if we had legs for running or anywhere to go, stuck in the Georgia countryside, prisoners of our own limitations.

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If you go by the sheer growth of advertisers who opt into doing massive boards in Times Square, the trend speaks for itself.

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In other words, another half century will go by before men and women will earn the same wages for doing the same work.

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Think about these guys -- you work eight hours, you go to class 12 hours, you're working -- you're sleeping in between, doing that for six months.

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